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Linum monogynum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 23 (1786)
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.
Names_Fungi record source Linum monogynum G.Forst.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.
1786
23
ICN
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
species
Linum monogynum

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Linaceae
Linum
monogynum

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Linum monogynum G.Forst.

Glab. perennial herb or subshrub up to 4 dm. or more tall. Stems branched or simple, soft-wooded below from a stout stock; branches erect or ascending. Lvs alt., ∞, subsessile, ascending to patent, 5-25 × 2-5 mm., subcoriac., midrib evident, acute to acuminate, subglaucous, narrow-lanceolate to linear or narrow-oblong. Fls up to 30 mm. diam., corymbosely arranged at tips of branches on slender pedicels up to 10 mm. long. Sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, ± 6-7 mm. long, ± united at base; petals white to slightly blued, obovate, very shortly clawed, up to c. 16 × 10 mm.; styles united at base. Capsule broad-ovoid to broad-cylindric, 5-10 mm. diam. Seeds compressed, ± oblong in outline, c. 5 × 2 mm., dull to slightly glossy, dark brown.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Linum monogynum G.Forst.

n = 42
2n = 84
2n = c. 86
n = c. 43
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Linum monogynum G.Forst.

Stout, glabrous, perennial herb up to c. 0.6 m high, rarely scrambling up to 3 m. Stems simple or branched, woody toward base. Lvs always alternate, linear to elliptic, narrow-obovate, or lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 1-3-nerved, entire, (2)-5-30 mm long. Infl. of few to many fls in a simple or compound corymb; sepals elliptic-oblong to broadly elliptic, acute to acuminate, 5-10-(15) mm long, < or ± = capsule; petals white or sometimes tinged pale blue, 10-25 mm long; styles united for 3/4 length or more. Capsule subglobose, dehiscent, (4)-5-10 mm diam.; seeds elliptic and slightly narrowed to base, shiny light to dark brown, 4-5 mm long.

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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Linum L.
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Linum L.
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Linum L.
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
4 Link to an external page
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
1 Link to an external page
Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Linum monogynum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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c8212ea7-c539-42cf-b60e-07169ba53c77
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 June 2007
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